Actresses can be happily married – Mercy Johnson

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, has
debunked claims that most actresses
do not make a good wife.
In a chat with Leadership, she used her
own marriage as an example, revealing
that her secret is honesty and being
humble in spite of the fame.
Speaking on the general notion that
actresses do not make good wives, the
mother of three said, “Well, I can only
speak from my own perspective and
when I say my perspective, I mean
from my personal experiences,
marriage and relationship with my
husband. One of the biggest lies
anyone can tell himself/herself is using
one or more random experiences to
judge and stereotype others. We all
have our different stories to tell. I
have three children for my husband
today and he has not stopped talking
about how down-to-earth I was yet I
am an actress; not just any actress.”
Mercy added that although she had a
large ‘following’ at a time, she did not
go around ‘pouting’ her lips or
‘playing the snub.’
The ‘Dumebi’ thespian went further to
reveal how her husband asked her to
cook for him the first day she set foot
in his house.
She said, “At first, I was stunned that a
Nigerian man was asking me to enter
his kitchen to cook him a meal. A part
of me whispered to me that perhaps,
he was not aware of who I was and
when I said to him: ‘You must be
joking. My name is Mercy Johnson’.
What shocked me even more was his
response when he said: ‘I know’.
Rather than take offense, I was drawn
closer to him.
“As I said earlier, I am an actress who
is correcting the rigid stand that
actresses cannot have happy homes
when they get married. Also, bear in
mind that there are several Nigerian
actresses like me who are happily
married. Having a happy marriage is a
choice a woman has to make. When
you decide to have a happy marriage,
you focus your thoughts, actions,
words, work and everything else
around protecting that happiness,” she
asserted.
On the reason behind high divorce rate
among celebrities, she quipped, “In
marriage, you must have trust and you
must also have love. The moment you
lose these two, then it is just a matter
of time before you embark on a
calamitous countdown towards the end
of your marriage. My relationship with
my husband has been very special. He
is not just my husband or father of my
children. He is my friend.”